III International Chopin Piano Competition
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| Date | 21 February – 13 March 1937 |
| Venue | National Philharmonic, Warsaw |
| Hosted by | Warsaw Music Society |
| Winner | Soviet Union Yakov Zak |
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The III International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: III Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina) was held from 21 February to 13 March 1937 in Warsaw. It was the last competition before the outbreak of World War II, and the competition would not be held again until 1949.
80 pianists from 22 countries took part in the competition, including two participants from Japan. Contestants could choose between pianos manufactured by Bechstein, Bösendorfer, Pleyel and Steinway. Soviet pianist Yakov Zak was awarded the first prize.
Awards
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Out of 80 pianists in the elimination stage, 21 were admitted to the final, where they performed two consecutive movements of one of Chopin's two piano concertos with the Warsaw Philharmonic.[1]
The two female Japanese pianists Miwa Kai and Chieko Hara received great acclaim among critics and the public. When news broke that Hara, who reached the final, was not among the prize-winners and was merely awarded an honorable mention, a commotion broke out. Fearing that the frenzied crowd would cause damage to the Philharmonic, industrialist Stanisław Meyer sponsored a special award for Hara.[2]
The following prizes were awarded:[1]
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Two special prizes were awarded:
| Special prize | Winner | ||
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| Best Performance of Mazurkas | 250zł | Yakov Zak | File:Flag of the Soviet Union (1936 – 1955).svg Soviet Union |
| Best Performances of a Sonata | 500zł | Lance Dossor | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom |
Jury
[edit | edit source]The jury consisted of:[1]
- Italy Guido Agosti
- Germany Wilhelm Backhaus (vice-chairman)
- Italy Attilo Brugnoli
- Poland Zofia Buckiewiczowa
- Poland Marian Dąbrowski
- Poland Zbigniew Drzewiecki
- Switzerland Emil Frey
- Germany Alfred Hoehn
- Hungary Imre Keeri-Szano
- France Lazare Lévy
- Greece Loris Margaritis
- Poland Eugeniusz Morawski-Dąbrowa
- Soviet Union Heinrich Neuhaus
- Switzerland Marie Panthès
- France Isidor Philipp (vice-chairman)
- Poland Zofia Rabcewicz
- Poland Lucyna Robowska
- Germany Richard Rössler
- Austria Emil von Sauer (vice-chairman)
- Latvia Paul Schubert
- Hungary Imre Stefaniai
- Bulgaria Andrei Stojanow
- Poland Stefan Śledziński
- Poland Józef Śmidowicz
- Brazil Magda Tagliaferro
- Poland Józef Turczyński
- Poland Adam Wieniawski (chairman)
- Poland Bolesław Woytowicz (secretary)
- Poland Jerzy Żurawlew
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References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Chopin Institute's channel on YouTube
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